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Dance-movement Therapy in the Treatment of Adolescent Depression

ConditionDepression
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age13-17
SponsorHelsinki University Central Hospital

About this trial

The aim of this research is to measure the effectiveness of Dance movement therapy in the treatment of adolescent depression.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Diagnosis of medium or severe depression; BDI 16 points or more. At least 4/9 symptoms of depression in K-SADS-PL interview

Disqualifiers

Acute psychosis, psychotic depression, personality disorder, severe anorexia, substance misuse that is on a critical level

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Dance movement therapy

    Other intervention

    A group therapy model for treatment of depression by dance movement therapist. Study consist of 12 therapy sessions, each session lasting 1hour 15minutes. There will be 6 patients in each group.

Treatment groups

140 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Dance movement therapyExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Treatment as usualNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-21)

The self-report questionnaire to assess depressive symptoms, minimum 0 points, maximum 63 points, more severe depression with higher scores

Time frame
baseline, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months
2

Young Person's Clinical Outcomes in Routine Evaluation (YP-Core)

The self- report questionnaire to measure depressive and overal symptoms in youth, minimum 0 points, maximum 40 points, or median of scores, higher scores indicating more symptoms

Time frame
baseline, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Adolescent Depression Rating Scale (ADRS)

Clinical interview to measure depressive symptoms in youth, minimum 0 and maximum 60 points, highers scores indicating more severe depression

Time frame
baseline, 12 weeks, 6 months
2

Body Image assessment

Self-report questionnaire to assess body image/experience, 11 items with minimum 11 and maxomum 77 points, a qualitative scale

Time frame
baseline, 12 weeks, 6 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Helsinki University Central Hospital

Lead sponsor

Finnish Medical Foundation

Collaborator

Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

Collaborator

University of Helsinki

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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